yeah, i've tried an MPC500, an MPC1000, an S20 and an SP-555 and my ES-1 mkII tops them all i believe it. i have an ESX now, and it's just not the same. yeah, it does some stuff a lot better, but the ES-1 felt faster, dirtier, better. and i firmly believe that the 32khz plus compression from the ES...

FR Revo, ESX (for drums and whatnot), Monomachine for everything else.


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yamaha cs-20m for $70 or my roland sh-1000 for $50 awesome. Both within the last year, too, mind you ;). I watch craigslist/kijiji like a hawk. yeah, same here. some of my faves have come from CL. one thing i'd really like to trip across used/inexpensive is a Roland SH-2. i'd jump out of a moving c...

th0mas wrote:yamaha cs-20m for $70 or my roland sh-1000 for $50

awesome.

The problem is that I'd consider a stand-alone vocoder like the Electrix Warp factory, but it's hard to justify spending $200+ on something I would use very occasionally. i've got the WarpFactory, and when i bought it several years back i was thinking the same thing, but it's so excellent at what i...

I'd really like to see a solid, 49-full-sized-key VA with vocoder [basically an Ion] for <$500. But I won't. Guess I'll shop for an Ion. have you had much experience with the Ion's vocoder? far from intuitive, and one of the least intelligible i've ever used. my MS2000B ran circles around it. oh, a...

I have such mixed feelings on the linndrum II now...It's almost like it's taken too long, become too much of a "workstation" that it has almost made me more interested in Jomox's analog simplicity...not to mention the thing is going to be a lot closer to $2k...but who knows, it all depends on the U...

i know it'd stand up fine on its own, just wondering how stable it'd be once it's holding a bunch of gear. wait, that'd be pretty cool, if it would stand up. the more i think about it, the less stable it seems however, considering the already somewhat light and wobbly design of most A-frames. a dec...

about the last thing i want to do right now is dissemble my A-frame stand AGAIN since i just did that yesterday to squeeze a fourth tier in, but i was planning to buy another and had this funny thought about taking the rear support legs off the A-frame and using them w/ additional tiers to make it ...

The real question - How long did it take VSE goers to imagine a new synth and b***h about its imaginary features without even imaginarily playing the f**k? Yawn indeed.... what? i imaginarily played the EMX-2 for at least 4 hours at imaginary Guitar Center before i even thought about posting! and i...

seriously, i would like to see Korg update the Electribe line. Love the EMX-1, ready for the next generation. secondeded.. electribe line is due for an update i'm also eager to see this, but i'm terrified they're going to do something awful, like take out the 1/4" ouputs and leave us with RCAs, and...

A John Carpenter thread, and yet there's no mention of In the Mouth of Madness, his greatest film. Probably because as far as Carpenter soundtracks go, that one kinda sucks. Like someone copping Metallica riffs on a portastudio in their basement. Awesome movie though. i love a good "oh, i see... ok...

how about this: someone take me to Island's for a burger, and i'll rock THIS WHOLE FORUM with my EMX.

hope it's not too late for one more! i know i'm forgetting a lot of stuff, but this is what i can remember (things in bold i still have): Access Virus C Alesis Ion Alesis QS6 Boss DR-5 Boss DR-660 Breakaway Vocalizer 1000 Casio CZ-101 Casio SK-1 (x4, now x2) Casio SK-5 (x3, now x2) Casio HT-700 Elek...

celebutante wrote: Dr. Nner used two or three cheap MIDI controllers (I can't remember, it was a while ago!).

for a while he had a bunch of Studio Logic SL-61s, all painted surgeon-scrub blue.